Bizarre chapter in Apple iPhone history ends with iOS 11.2 update

0.phoneArenaposted on02 Dec 2017, 10:04

One of the most bizarre chapters in the history of the Apple iPhone thankfully came to an end this morning when Apple pushed out iOS 11.2. A strange bug related to the date was causing iPhone units running iOS 11.1.2 to crash in a continuous loop. Setting off the loop were apps sending out local notifications with repeating reminders. That included several meditation apps such as Headspace or Calm...

I think iOS 11 (as far as actual quality/buginess) will go down as the worst iOS update EVER. If there's a silver lining, it's that iOS 12 should be ridiculously stable, because now Apple has something to prove, and a reputation to repair. Kind of like how after the iOS 8 update was like 8GB in file size, Apple made a big deal about how small iOS 9 was.

I think is safe to say iOS no longer carries the flags of stability and good optimization. I just switched from iOS to Android because of that. Also, Android nowadays does a lot of things better or, at least, as good as Android. I am not a fam boy of any of the platforms and this year was a scandal for Apple and iOS. I don't know what is happening with the software team or if good, stable software stopped being a priority but Apple needs to turn things around if they want to continue holding those flags. In the last few years Apple started making iOS more opened and customizable but they can't afford to lose the stability side of things. The amount of bugs I encountered in my last few times of iOS was astonishing. Not even android had so many problems ever as 11.0 did

I downloaded iOS 11.2, and no Apple Pay Cash. I checked several forums, and numerous people have complained about how the feature is missing. After Apples string of colossal software screwups, someone, or several people high up, really need to be fired. My favorite features of iMessage and Apple Music notwithstanding, all these problems, coupled with the monstrosity of the iPhone X, make totally jumping ship seem like a very attractive prospect, in my opinion.

I think moving on forward all they gotta do is probably widen the scope and be more aggressive at handling the public beta. Also a simpler bug reporting tool/tracker that any wannabe Taylor Swift level luddite can use would immensely improve on potential snafus hunting. But Apple have to be more pragmatic and transparent is all.

See here in Android camp only Pixel, Nexus and some Android One user bases have the "luxury" to be able to participate on any latest builds. Compare that to the whole spectrum of the current active Android install base, safe to say it's a whole other kind of public beta. OEMs just excuse themselves from updates after the fact.

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